Thanks to three wins in a row, the Hoppers have been able to regain contact to the european zone. The Zurich team is currently in 6th place, one point behind 3rd placed FC St.Gallen 1879. The CSSL is extremely exciting in the midfield, with five teams currently within two points of each other. Since FC Sion also celebrated a full victory last weekend, the gap to the barrage place is still eight points. Now it's time for GC Zurich to face leaders YB in Bern.
The Bernese are currently unchallenged at the top of the table. Despite the 2-1 defeat against second-placed Servette last weekend, the lead is still 14 points. In the Swiss Cup, the Bernese also beat FC Basel 1893 in the Cup semi-final last Tuesday. Thanks to the 2:4 away win, BSC YB is in this year's Cup Final, where they will meet FC Lugano. The previous duels in the current championship between GC Zurich and BSC YB ended once in a 1-1 draw and once with a 1-2 victory for the Bernese.
For the match against YB, head coach Giorgio Contini will still have to do without the long-term injured Momoh Francis. In addition, Dominik Schmid is serving a yellow card ban and captain Amir Abrashi is questionable due to foot pain. In return, midfielder Hayao Kawabe returns from a yellow card ban.
The match can be followed as usual on 86live via live ticker and radio. In addition, the match can be seen on pay TV on blue Sport.
